Policeman s baton or club



(No Model.)

E. D. BEAN.

PQLIGBMANS BATON 0R CLUB.

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INVENTD Patented June 26, 1888.

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EDV/TARD DAVIS BEAN, OF ARLTNGTON, DIASSACHUSETTS.

POLlCElVlANS BATON @R SLUB.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 385,293,

Application tiled August G, ISST.

dated June 2G, 1888.

Serial No. 216,250. (No model.)

fo all whom, may concern:

Bc it known that l, EDWARD DAVIS BEAN, of Arlington, in the county of Middlesex and State ol' Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Policemens Batons or Clubs, ol` which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to policemens batons or clubs, and is an improvement on the device of that kind shown and described in Letters Patent of the United States, granted to me September 29, 18H-,No 155,360. In said patent l have shown a policemans club consist ing ofstniling-pieees, a covering and handle, all made ot'leathcr, cemented together. r[his construction is improved by my present invention. First, by forming core of a plurality of steel wires extending through the entire length ofthe club, whereby it is made more durable than heretofore, being less liable to become limp from long and constant use; second, by weighting the striking end of the club, whereby it is rendered more eflicient in use, it having been demonstrated that Without such weighting the device is oftentimes too light for the service it is desired to perform with it; third, by swiveling the eye to which the thong or sling ol' leather is attached in the end of the handle, whereby unruly and lawless persons may be prevented from pinioning7 or hampering the hand of an ollicer who may chance to have the sling slipped upon his wrist, by twisting the club so as to tighten the sling on the wrist; l'onrth, by providing other improvements incidental to the foregoing.

My improvements will first be described in connection with the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and then pointed ont in the claims.

Of the drawings, Figure l represents a longitudinal sectional view of a polieemanls baton or club embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 isa side view ol' the same complete. Fig. 3 is a crossseetion on the line in m, Fig. l.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts in all of the views.

ln carrying ont my invention I take several-say threesteel wires, a, to form the core of the club, and mold around orsecure to one end of this core a slug, i), of lead or other weighty material, and then build upon the core so formed a number ot' pieces ot' thick iirm leather, Z, of such form as to constitute when pressed and cemented together abody approximating in shape a policemans club. The body thus formed is turned olf in a lathe, or otherwise dressed or shaped to the desired lform; the striking end is covered with a piece or cap, c, et calf-skin or similar material, and a ferrule, f, with a sling-eye, e, swiveled therein, as represented in Fig. l, is attached to the end of the handle by means ol' screws s, or in any other suitable or desired manner, alter which the body is covered with a strip oleanvas, d, or similar material, and the whole covered with a jacket, j, of leather, preferably calf-skin, completing the baton or club shown in Fig. l.

It is obvious that changes may be made in the form and arrangement of parts constituting my invention, within the limits otmechanical skill, without departing from the nature or spirit of the improvements.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is-a l. A polieemanls baton havingra body oomposed ot' a plurality el layers or pieces ot thick lirm leather, a core or center consisting ol' a plurality or" liexiblc wires, a weighted slug in the striking end, and a sling-eye swiveled in the end of the handle, substantially as and l'or the purpose hereinbel'ore set forth.

2. A policemans baton or club having a body composed oi" leather, core or center consisting ol' a plurality ol` steel wires, .veighted slug, b, of metal in the striking end, andthe whole covered first with canvas, and iinally with leather, as set forth.

In testimony whereoi'lhave signed my name to this specilieation,in the presence ol' two sub-I scribing witnesses, this 2d day of August, A. D. 1887.

EDXVARD DAVS BEAN.

T/Titnesses:

A nTnUn XV. GnossLnY, ViLLL-xir. C. Rltnsav. 

